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in a vast edifice of stone and space for string quartet and electronics commissioned by Chamber Project Saint Louis [audio mp3="https://www.davidwerfelmann.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/in-a-vast-ediface-of-stone-and-space-premiere-CPSTL-5-10-24.mp3"][/audio] program note in a vast edifice of stone and space is a work for string quartet and fixed media inspired by the landscapes of Yosemite Valley in Central California...

01 August, 2024 /

Hypercolor is a work in three movements that draws from a number of influences. One may immediately notice the presence of Reich, Adams, and other American post-minimalists, especially in the first movement. Quickly repeated rhythmic patterns advance through slowly changing harmonic fields providing a backdrop...

19 September, 2020 /

Commissioned by Chamber Project Saint Louis to open their 13th season, On Vitreous Forms is a meditation of sorts on the nature of glass. Several musical ideas melt into each other, with some of them exploring the reflective, transparent, and warped qualities one finds in...

13 October, 2019 /

I have always loved the idea of the dreamcatcher: a spindly ornament adorned with beads and feathers that is both simple and beautiful yet serves a valuable purpose. According to many American Indian cultures, the dreamcatcher snares bad dreams that come in the night and...

13 March, 2019 /

Suite à l'antique is a collection of five movements loosely modeled on the dance suites of the Baroque era. Each movement is unique in character and affect, drawing on relationships to the traditional dance form in different ways. The first movement, Prelude, is a cascade...

13 March, 2019 /